The Adventure is back! WOODSTOCK
Rockers unite at the awesome Woodstock festival – kick off summer bunny season in Harrismith (only 270 km’s from Jozi) with this growing festival that offers everything a festival junkie could wish for. Get there from Thurs 29 November to Monday 2nd December 2007 – http://www.woodstock.co.za/ Woodstock is the only music and lifestyle festival in South Africa which makes us unique and fun for all fun loving people. You will find several stages with over 70 different bands throughout the weekend. These bands will range in styles from rock to pop to hard rock to punk to acoustic rock to hip hop and reggae. From some of the biggest bands in the country to some of the best kept secrets and some international surprises along the way. There are also many different arenas with different deejays through out the weekend playing everything from hip hop to house to rock to indie. You will find sporting activities including extreme motor-cross from the Ride Authority team, The Riot BMX Team and the Converse Skate Park. You will find human pac man, PS3, unplugged arenas, comedy, poets, break-dancers, beat-boxing, and many wondrous types of foods and creative stalls. Woodstock provides an overall view of most pop culture aspects. Cassette, Crossing Point, Farryl Purkiss, Fevertree, HiKaToRi, His Dying Wish, Jo Day, Josie Field, Just About Done, Lonehill Estate, Niemand, Namuh, One Day Remains, Prime Circle, Redhouse, Running With Scissors, Sheepdown, The Hellphones, The Uncut, Underbelly, Unlisted, Van Coke Cartel, Walt, Japan and I, Bloodline, Kidofdoom, Desmond and the Tutu’s, Submachine, Vendetta Cartel, The Kiff, New Born Fire, Harris Tweed (and many more still to be announced.) Full weekend ticket from Computicket – R295 Half weekend ticket available at the gate on Saturday morning, cash only – R200. Call 011 646 6467 for more information. Woodstock falls over the world’s weekend for AIDS awareness. There will be pamphlets and consultants on hand to discuss the virus with you. Please be responsible. Durex has provided us with ten thousand complimentary condoms which you will find in the over eighteen’s bar areas. Please join us on Stage 3 for the Music Saved My Life initiative on Saturday the 1st. They’re also looking for street teams to promote the festival in return for tickets – We are looking for twenty street teams in JHB, PTA, DBN, PMB and Bloem. A Street Team should consist of two people. You are given Woodstock merchandise and flyers and you choose an area close to you to promote the festival (varsity/shopping centres/night spots etc.). You help us distribute flyers and posters and we reward you with two tickets and merchandise completely...
Art in the Cape
We’ve promised to bring you news about different things happening in different provinces (other than Gauteng), so here’s something interesting to do if you’re in Cape Town. I love art galleries, they are just so fascinating, having been to the Goodman Gallery here, I would without a doubt recommend a visit to the new gallery opening up in Cape Town… To launch the Goodman Gallery Cape in Fairweather House, 176 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, gallerist Linda Givon has invited 21 of the country’s foremost artists to participate in its inaugural exhibitions. The first “Lift Off” exhibition launched the new Goodman Gallery premises in Johannesburg a decade ago in 1997, and in keeping with tradition most of the original artists are represented again. The first exhibition of Goodman Gallery Cape with artists Willie Bester, Norman Catherine, Kendell Geers, David Goldblatt, Robert Hodgins, William Kentridge, Kagiso Pat Mautloa, Sam Nhlengethwa, Penny Siopis and Sue Williamson opens on Thursday 22 March 2007 at 18:00. As the new space can not accommodate all the artists Goodman represents, “Lift Off” is being presented in two parts. The second “Lift Off” exhibition runs from 5 May to 26 May 2007. Designed by award-winning architect, Jeremy Rose, from Mashabane Rose Architects, Goodman Gallery Cape is located within the exciting and rapidly developing East City precinct of Cape Town. Situated in a mid-20th century industrial building, the minimal and elegant gallery space created by Rose is tailored to display contemporary art at its optimum, whilst retaining the integrity of the original structure’s interior, in particular its spectacular vaulted ceiling. In architect Jeremy Rose’s words, “the gallery provides an understatement of space that is made to serve art”. Rose’s monochromatic gallery design accommodates only one window that consciously frames a spectacular view of Table Mountain. Natural light halos the long walls, while shorter walls roll on wheels to remake the space allowing for maximum flexibility when devising each exhibition. The total effect is one of memorable contrast to the Woodstock industrial and social fabric, exploring the role of art as commentator. The aims of the Goodman Gallery are to promote contemporary art in South Africa and to leave a legacy and a history for our country to enjoy. The gallery has been opened in Woodstock because it borders on District Six which is a symbol of the marginalization of apartheid. This way it can embrace a wide audience and encourage everyone to enjoy and absorb what is on...
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